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Review of Ghost World (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

If Heathers was the last word in angry-teen movies back in 1989, Ghost World is its perfect contemporary companion piece…

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Review of Joe Dirt (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

Like watching a talentless stand-up struggling through Open Mike Night, inspiring catcalls instead of laughs and bringing on lethargy instead…

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Review of Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

Feels a bit pre-fabricated, although William Goldman's screenplay sets up intriguing offbeat relationships between Bobby and Ted and Bobby…

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Review of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

This is fantasy at its richest and most vivid…

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Review of Angel Eyes (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

Effectively played by Lopez and Caviezel, both of whom are very good at conveying the strain of suppressed grief and denied affection…

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Review of America's Sweethearts (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

The writers turn out to be brandishing butter knives instead of scalpels…

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Review of Bandits (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

Clearly the work of a guy who shows up and does his job with one eye on the clock…

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Review of Driven (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

The story is sluggish to begin with and it's not exactly revved up by the casting of Kip Pardue, Til Schweiger and Estella Warren, three pretty…

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Review of Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

When we last saw Mick Crocodile Dundee and his sweetheart Sue they were... Hmmm... Oh, that's right, in 1988, where they probably should have stayed…

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Review of Cats & Dogs (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

What begins as a mildly amusing joke eventually blooms into full-fledged lunacy, as sky-diving ninja cats duke it out with dogs who have Mission…

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Review of A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

For its first three-quarters, A.I. is science-fiction at its most provocative and chilling. ... But then, A.I. takes a disastrous turn…

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Review of Head Over Heels (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jun 2002

When your script calls for a suave, mysterious leading man and the best you can come up with is the bubble-bright Freddie Prinze, Jr., it's…

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Review of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 04 Jun 2002

On screen, Ya-Ya unfolds like a raucous girls' night out comedy that breaks every 15 minutes or so for grim, often heavy-handed scenes that…

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Review of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 02 Jun 2002

Attack of the Clones is a substantial improvement over Episode I, with more action, less downtime, a potent dose of Jedi master Yoda and --…

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Review of We Were Soldiers (2002)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 02 Jun 2002

Plays like an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure Hollywood…

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Review of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 02 Jun 2002

My 5-year-old niece Emily was so thrilled by the first 20 minutes, she announced, I'm gonna try to stay awake through the whole movie…

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Review of Life or Something Like It (2002)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 02 Jun 2002

(The film) asks Jolie to turn off the manic energy that has always been her calling card and to play a normal woman instead…

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Review of Collateral Damage (2002)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 02 Jun 2002

What might have been harmless, semi-cheesy entertainment last summer turns into an uncomfortable experience…

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Review of Death to Smoochy (2002)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 02 Jun 2002

Just when most comedies would begin to back-pedal away from bitterness, Smoochy goes into satiric overdrive ... It's enough to make a Teletubby blush…

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Review of The Other Side of Heaven (2001)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 02 Jun 2002

In its combination of religion, love story and exotic locales, Heaven is a bit reminiscent of James Michener's Hawaii, although this is a somewhat…

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